Q: Is 3,167,736 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,167,736 a composite number?

A composite number is a number that can be divided evenly by more numbers than 1 and itself. It is the opposite of a prime number.

The number 3,167,736 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 13 22 24 26 33 39 44 52 66 71 78 88 104 132 142 143 156 169 213 264 284 286 312 338 426 429 507 568 572 676 781 852 858 923 1,014 1,144 1,352 1,562 1,704 1,716 1,846 1,859 2,028 2,343 2,769 3,124 3,432 3,692 3,718 4,056 4,686 5,538 5,577 6,248 7,384 7,436 9,372 10,153 11,076 11,154 11,999 14,872 18,744 20,306 22,152 22,308 23,998 30,459 35,997 40,612 44,616 47,996 60,918 71,994 81,224 95,992 121,836 131,989 143,988 243,672 263,978 287,976 395,967 527,956 791,934 1,055,912 1,583,868 and 3,167,736, with no remainder.

Since 3,167,736 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,167,736, it is a composite number.

More Examples

• All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).